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Sunday, September 6, 2015

Doctor Who: Prisoners of the Daleks - Episode Four

Hello, Whovians!

The time is getting so much closer now: ALL NEW episodes of Doctor Who Series 9 set to debut Saturday, September 19th! Permission to "squee"?
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Good thing Missy wasn't here to kill me, huh?
Anyway, while waiting for the professionals to show their work, I'm posting my own new Doctor Who adventure.Today is Episode Four of a new fan-fiction of Doctor Who featuring the 12th Doctor and Clara.

This story takes place in Doctor Who before the events of the first episode of Series 9 which debuts September 19th. (Squee.)

As is my want, I write these adventures as a script instead of in prose form. If that's too weird, try to deal.

There are references to other adventures in this installment, some from the TV show but others you may not recognize. These connect to previous fan-fictions I have posted here. There will be a glossary at the end of today's post.

DISCLAIMER: This story is not sanctioned by the producers of Doctor Who and the BBC. It is a work of fan-fiction posted with no compensation received by the writer and is not part of any official Doctor Who canon.

Scene opens:
The Doctor and Old Amy (the alternate version created and presumably uncreated
during the events of The Girl Who Waited) are racing down a hallway. Lights are
flashing, clarion alarms are sounding.The Doctor:
Amy, where are we going? Amy: In this
direction. The Doctor:
Why?Amy: The
Jundoon are chasing us from the other direction. Think it through. The Doctor:
You know, you're even crankier in your old age. Amy: Look,
Raggedy Man, I can kill you now as easily as later. The Doctor:
Did I say "crankier"? I meant "feistier", yeah? Our view
shifts back in the opposite direction where a phalanx of Jundoon are thundering
in pursuit. Jundoon:
Quarry located. Identified as Doctor, The and Williams, Amelia. Prepare to execute
ultimate sanction. Architech
(voice): No! Scene
change: back to the Tribunal where the Architect and the Monk are both
un-Daleked after the events of the last episode. Architech:
Both the Doctor and Amy Williams are important to the Dalek stratagem. They
must be captured alive. Jundoon
(voice): But the criminals are in violation of 27....The
Architect and the Monk hear the sound of an explosion. Scene
change: the Jundoon have momentarily halted, their body armor smoldering
from the after effects of an energy blast. Jundoon:
Correction: 28 Shadow Proclamation protocols punishable by death! Architech
(voice): You have your orders!
The Jundoon resume their pursuit.
Back to the Doctor and Amy. Amy is carrying a still smoldering blaster in her
hand. The Doctor:
Where did you get the blaster? Amy: From
one of the Jundoon I took out earlier. The Doctor:
That's handy. May I borrow it? Before Amy
can respond, the Doctor in a swooping motion grabs the blaster from her hand
and whirls around, aiming it down the corridor towards the pursuing Jundoon. Amy: Doctor?
The Doctor
squeezes the trigger and a blast of energy explodes forth but instead of
hitting the Jundoon, it strikes the ceiling bringing down a cascade of rubble,
blocking the Jundoon's path. The Doctor
turns back towards Amy, tossing her the blaster.The Doctor:
There you go. Thanks. Amy
reholsters the blaster. Amy: C'mon.
This way!

Scene
change: exterior of Starship Alaska soaring through space. Announcement (voice over): Starship Alaska has entered the Ch’bari sector. We will be in orbit over Thessalonia in 1 hour.

Scene change: interior of Starship Alaska as people move about doing things people do
on a spaceship. The announcement repeats in the background. Clara
Oswald approaches Oswin Oswald who's standing by a portal looking out into space.
Oswin has a painful expression. Clara:
Oswin? Oswin, are you all right? Oswin:
Yeah. Clara
looks at Oswin with a doubtful expression. Oswin:
OK, not yeah. Clara:
What's up? Oswin:
It's just....I knew, I really knew that I wanted to get into space. No, it wasn't
that I wanted to see the stars as much as I HAD to see them. But after that
whole business with the ship nearly crashing...Clara:
Which you totally kept from happening. Oswin:
Yeah, there's that. So I'm in space, I did an awesome thing and now...now...Clara:
You feel lost. Oswin
turns towards Clara with a smile. Oswin:
How do you keep doing that? Clara:
Doing what?Oswin:
Knowing what I'm thinking?Clara:
Just lucky, I guess. Oswin
winces in pain. Clara:
Oswin? Oswin:
Sorry. Headache. As if I didn't have enough going on in my head. But never mind
that. Clara, when are you going to tell me who you really are? Clara
folds her arms, turns away and looks out at the stars. For a moment she closes
her eyes.
Flashback: Again we see Clara plummeting down the Doctor's timeline, being
splintered into different versions of herself. Back
to the present and Clara turns back towards Oswin.Clara:
I don't think you're cut out for life on a starship. Oswin:
What? Clara (with a sly smile):
You can do so much better.

Scene change: Back to the Architect and the Monk in the Tribunal.Architect: I
have Jundoon forces blocking all the starcraft bays and the Doctor does not
have his TARDIS. He has no chance to escape. The Monk:
Wrong. There is a chance. The Monk
starts to walk away. Architect:
Where are you going?The Monk: To
the only place they will go. Architect:
Monk! The Monk
stops. He doesn't turn around. Architect:
Do you...feel it? Sometimes...at the back of your brain?The Monk:
You mean, the brain that the Daleks have rearranged for their own...purposes? Architect: I
feel...something....back there. it...hurts. The Monk:
It's one tiny speck that the Daleks have not reprogrammed in us. It's called
self-loathing. Then the
Monk exits. Scene
change: Amy and the Doctor racing down a corridor. They stop at a certain door. Amy tries the door. Amy: The
Monk's quarters. Locked, of course. So the sonic screwdriver saves the
day? The Doctor:
Not today, Amy. The Doctor
fumbles through his pockets. The Doctor:
I left the sonic with my friend. To protect her. A-ha! The Doctor
withdraws a paperclip and begins working on a computer panel next to the door.
Amy reaches for her blaster. Amy: I could
just...The Doctor:
Not yet, Amy. No sense drawing unwanted attention. Amy: Just as well. Bloody thing needs to recharge anyway. The Doctor: The Jundoon and the
Architect are too locked into lateral thinking. They will assume we'll make a
break for the starcraft bays. Amy: The
Monk won't. The Doctor:
No but I suspect that the Monk, even under the influence of the Daleks, is a
bit too provincial to share his toys with all his playmates. Still, he will know what we're up to so I
need to get this lot sorted out quick. Amy: Doctor?
The Doctor
(still working on the panel): Yes, Amy? Amy: You
mentioned your...friend. But not by name. It's not Amy, the younger me? And
Rory? The Doctor
continues to ply away at the panel but there's a look in his eyes that
suggests pain and guilt. The Doctor:
They...no longer travel with me. Amy: What
happened? The Doctor:
They settled down. Had a long life together. Amy: Had?
They're...dead? The Doctor:
I'm a Time Lord, Amy. To me, everyone is dead. But also everyone is alive and
everyone hasn't even been born yet. Hold on! I've almost got this panel....The door
hisses open. The Doctor:
Sorted. C'mon. The Doctor
and Amy enter an almost empty room, as if the Monk is actually trying to live
like his namesake. Amy: What
about my daughter? Is River....The Doctor:
Hold on! What's that? In a room
with very little, anything will stand out. On a table is a small wooden box of
simple design. The Doctor
reaches out his outstretched hands towards the box. The Doctor:
Do you feel it? Amy: Feel
it? Feel what? The Doctor
walks up to the box and lifts up the lid. The Doctor:
Of course. What else could it be?Amy: What's
in there?
The Doctor removes from the box a glass-like globe. Faint lights and a sort of
swirling fog move around inside.
The Doctor: Time, Amy. Time as a raw, untempered force. Otherwise known as the
Time of the Dominion. Scene change: interior of the Alaska. Clara and Oswin are still talking.

Oswin:
Really? I can do better? Clara:
If I can find my friend's ship on Thessalonia and more importantly, get my
friend back from God knows where...you should come with us. Oswin:
Where're you going? Clara
smiles. Clara:
Everywhere. Oswin
smiles back; Oswin:
Everywhere, huh? I've always wanted to go there. But
abruptly the smile vanishes from Oswin's face as she winces in pain again. Oswin:
Ow! Clara:
Oswin? Your headache...?Oswin:
Feels like something's coming through my skull. Clara
puts an arm around Oswin's shoulder. Clara:
C'mon! Let's get you to the infirmary! Scene change: the Monk's quarters with the Doctor and Amy.
Amy: Time of the what now?
The Doctor: Time of the Dominion. It's something I've encountered before. An
old enemy of mine, the Rani, attempted to use it to reverse the Time War
and restore Gallifrey to its former power. She lost control of it and nearly
destroyed, well, everything.
Amy: What happened?
The Doctor: I talked her out of it.
Amy stares fiercely at the Doctor.
The Doctor: I...convinced her to harness the Time of the Dominion for one last
time, restore the natural balance of things.
Amy: One last time...
The Doctor: Yes.
Amy: So this person, the Rani? She's dead, isn't she?
The Doctor: Yes.
Amy turns away, her back to the Doctor.
Amy: Rory was right. You make people want to impress you.
Amy turns back towards the Doctor, her eyes flaring.
Amy: Even your enemies, Doctor! What lies did you tell her? Flashback: a flat desert plain in slightly varying hues of grey. The Doctor
and the Rani, both dressed in black, stand against a storm tossed background.
The Doctor: You must become the Dominion once more and re-exert your will.
Except...your will must be...all should be as it was.
The Rani: I...won't survive, will I?
The Doctor sadly shakes his head no.*
Back to the present: The Doctor here is also shaking his head no.
The Doctor: No, I did not lie to her.
Then a dawn of realization comes over his face.
The Doctor: But...but...oh, she lied to me!
Amy: Wha...?
The Doctor: Or maybe she herself was deceived.
Amy: Doctor....
The Doctor: Shush! Thinking! She said she got the Time of the Dominion from the
Eternals but I'm suspecting more than a little help came from the Monk! The
last time I met the Monk, he was attempting to reverse a fixed moment in time.
Flashback: a sunny day in a present day London park as the Doctor confronts
the Monk.
The Monk: I have work to do!

The Doctor forcefully grabs the Monk by the shoulders and turns him
around.

The Doctor: No, you don't! We can't afford to have you meddle with this moment!
You're a Time Lord! You know that!

The Monk: Please, I'm trying to make things right!

The Doctor: Make things right? What you're about to do will destroy 200,000
years of human achievement and put the entire universe at risk!**Back to the present: the Doctor is pacing as
Amy looks on. The Doctor: But that wasn't his first go! No! It had to be the Monk who
manipulated events to bring the meta crisis Master and his son together. Flashback: A darkened lab where the Master's son in the body of Adam Masterson is with the head of the Master (John Simm version) in a canister.Adam: I...will not let you down, father.The Master: There's no way you can.*** Return to
the present: The Monk's quarters.
Amy: Doctor, we need to be....
The Doctor: Shh! I'm working this out! It's coming together! It had to be the
Monk who saved the head created from the genetic human/Time Lord meta crisis.
Of course! The head canister was ancient Gallifreyan tech! The Monk always...
The Monk(voice): ...had a soft spot for older Time Lord technology.
The Monk enters the room. Amy draws her sword. Amy: Stay
back, Monk, or I'll....The Monk
withdraws a blaster and fires. An energy beam strikes Amy.The Doctor:
No! Amy falls to
the floor. Scene change: Interior of the Alaska. Clara has her arm around Oswin's shoulder as she leads her down the ship's corridor.

Clara:
C'mon! The infirmary's this way! Oswin:
Ow! If I could just get a minute...away from these lights...Clara:
Hold on, I think that's...Clara
leads Oswin through a door into a large semi-darkened room. Clara:
Yep, looks like a galley. Good thing we're here between meals. It should be nice and
quiet in here. Clara
gently guides Oswin to a chair. Oswin:
Ow! Clara:
Hold still. Let me get you some water. Clara
turns away from Oswin and heads towards a dispenser with some glasses nearby.
She pours a glass of water.Clara:
After you rest a bit, we really need to get you to...Suddenly
the already dim lighting in the galley dims even further for a moment. Clara
looks up. Clara:
...the infirmary. Um, that's weird. Clara
turns around with the glass of water in her hand. Clara: Here you go, have some wa-Suddenly
there is a bright beam of light that strikes Clara. The glass falls and
shatters on the floor. Clara falls backward unconscious on the floor as well. Our view pulls back and we see Oswin from the back, standing, obscured by shadows.Oswin
(voice, slightly distorted): Clara Oswald...Our view moves around and we see Oswin with a Dalek eye stalk in her forehead, a Dalek
blaster extending from her palm. Oswin
Dalek: ...has been acquiredScene change: the Monk's quarters. Amy is on the floor as the Doctor rushes to her. The Monk is holding a blaster.The Monk: Pity. I did have such high hopes for her.

The Doctor:
What did you...?The Doctor
kneels next to Amy to confirm she is still breathing. The Doctor:
Still alive. The Monk: Of
course. Stun setting, Doctor. We are not barbarians, we are gentlemen. The Doctor
eyes him warily as the Monk puts away the blaster.
The Doctor: You've been manipulating events for quite awhile.
The Monk: Oh Doctor you have no idea. Flashback: The 11th Doctor puts away a cell phone into his pocket. 11th Doctor: There was no way we
could surprise him but we have something better. Now this so-called "Time
God"...is afraid. Gentlemen....
Our view pulls out. The interior of the TARDIS, specifically the TARDIS of the 11th Doctor. And surrounding him are the 10 previous versions of
himself.

Then we move back to a close up of the 11th Doctor looking straight
ahead.

11th Doctor: Geronimo.****
Back to the present: the Monk's quarters.
The Doctor: Even the Dalek Time God? That's absurd!
The Monk: The Daleks have been involved in a very, very long term strategy. Despite your
best efforts, Doctor, the Time War never truly came to an end. But the Daleks
have set the players on the battlefield and victory is within their....well, I
was going to say "grasp" but you get my meaning. The
Doctor (the globe is in his hand): And you've been using this, the Time of the
Dominion, to alter points in time, even fixed points, to help the Daleks.The
Monk (sighs): Doctor, you know I'm a coward. I tried to flee the Time War. Only to run
right towards the Daleks, my tormentors for nearly, oh, 2 or 3 centuries. You
would think they would run out of new ways to torture over the course of
hundreds of years but no...The
Doctor: How did you get this? The
Monk: Oh you mean...The
Monk gestures and the globe flies out of the Doctor's hand and into the Monk's
grasp.The
Monk: ...this? It was a gift. Sort of. OK, I stole it. Flashback:
a harsh barren range of rocks and sand, a harsh sun beating down, a lone man
struggling to crawl. It's the Monk. The
Monk (voice): I did manage to escape the Daleks but centuries of torture and
the unforgiving landscape where I escaped left me near death. I didn't care.
I was free of the Daleks. I would die but I would not die as their prisoner.
The
Monk collapses on the ground. Then an humanoid figure appears as of floating
over the ground, framed by the blinding glow of the sun. The
Monk (voice): Then there they were, my salvation. Back
to the present: the Monk's quarters.
The Doctor: Who?The
Monk: Eternals. The
Doctor: I've met them. The
Monk: I thought them a myth. But they saved me. And as a reward for surviving,
the Eternals gave me this...by way of leaving it unguarded. I think to them,
this is a toy. The
Doctor: It's hardly a toy. The
Monk: Oh, I most certainly agree! But just tapping even the smallest part of
it's power, I was able to save the head of the man who thought he was the
Master...Flashback: The
Monk placing the canister holding the Master's head on a table.The Monk
(voice): And I saved and guided the young man who was the Master's son. We
see the Monk bending down to take the hand of a young and very frightened looking Harold Saxon Jr.The
Monk (voice): He so needed guidance after that first regeneration. Back
to the present: the Monk's quartersThe
Monk: But I had not dared tap the true power of the Dominion and, as I
said, Doctor, I am a coward. So I arranged for this to fall into the Rani's
hands. Amy
starts to stir, the Doctor looks down at her momentarily. The
Doctor: Amy? Are you...?Amy:
Fine. I'll be...fine. The
Doctor turns his attention back to the Monk. The
Doctor: So you let the Rani crack it open, as it were, let her take the brunt
of whatever went wrong. Amy
shakily stands up. The
Monk: There was no risk to me. I have, as you've seen, developed a bond with
this globe. And so it returned to me when the Rani's efforts ended in devastation.
I have to admit, I was a bit taken a back by the enormity of its power. So
I sought a place a quiet contemplation. Flashback:
the monastery we saw at the end of The Son of the Master. The
Monk (voice): I became an actual monk to find peace and understanding in my
life and in this incredible power I had found. A
long wooden dining table surrounded by the Monk and the other monks. The
Monk (voice): All I found...The
monks stiffen up as eye stalks begin protruding through their foreheads. Back
to the present: the Monk's quarters. The
Monk: Were my tormentors once more. And
with that, the Architect and a Jundoon enter the room followed by a Dalek. Amy:
Doctor, it’s a Dalek. The
Doctor: I think we’re all up to speed on that, Amy.Dalek:
You will be silent!The
Doctor: Me? Silent? I’m the Doctor, I’m known for my gift of gab. And I have a
Scottish accent now which means I can complain about things all day. For
example, what you’ve done with the Shadow Proclamation? I really don’t like….Dalek:SILENCE! The
Doctor: …it. Dalek:Your approval is irrelevant! While you have been detained here, Daleks have
positioned themselves in key points along your time line.!This, Doctor, is when
the Time War truly ends, with the Daleks victorious over all our enemies. The
Doctor: Really? You’re still reading from the same playbook. You’ve bloody said
the same thing a million times before! What’s so different now? Dalek:
We have the Nexus. The
Doctor: The Nexus? What’s the Nexus? Dalek:
The source of your strength, Doctor. And your greatest weakness.Our
view zooms down the Dalek’s eye stalk to pitch blackIn
the blackness, we hear a voice. Clara
(voice): H-hello? What…? Wh…where am I? Oh my God! Where am I?Clara
is becoming increasingly frantic. Clara
(voice): Oswin? Doctor? DOCTOR!!Suddenly
a thin red line pierces the darkness followed in quick succession by more and
more lines of varying color. We can start to see some of Clara. She’s lying flat
on her back. Clara
(very scared now): What? What’s going on? What’s happening??As
illumination increases, we see Clara is lying spread-eagle, secured in a mass
of wires, electronics and machineryClara
(frightened beyond all reason): No! NO! Get me out of here! Doctor! DOCTOR!
Doctor, save me! Please! Suddenly
we zoom up from Clara into a narrow tube that echoes with Clara’s screams. Then
we pop out of the tube and out through the eye piece of a Dalek. The Dalek is
surrounded by hundreds of other Daleks. This Dalek is screaming. Dalek:
Save me! Doctor! Save meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!-----to
be continued--------Next week: the fifth and final installment of...